ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- Road rage escalated into the shooting of a 44-year-old visitor from McCalla, Ala., at the heavily traveled intersections of Ala. 182 and 161, and the immediate arrest of an Ono Island resident Thursday afternoon, according to Orange Beach police.

Damon Alan Hembree was shot in the chest at close range with what police believe was a .38-caliber pistol and taken by Life Flight to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola.

Steven Emory Pinson, 54, of Ono, was arrested and police are seeking an attempted murder charge, according to Chief Billy Wilkins ...

When both vehicles got to the intersection near Rite-Aid and the public beach, Hembree got out of his car and walked up to Pinson’s truck and they got into a heated conversation, according to police. As a result, Hembree was shot ...